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edzieba
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 Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 8:31 am |
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| I've always wanted to get my hands one of the Studio Halfeye kits. Not really interested in a Chogokin, but hopefully this might mean Studio Halfeye may cast some more kits. |
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Jadress
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| Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 1:02 pm |
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I don't know why, but I felt like I had trouble reading this article. What is a Chogokin?
I got a transforming Escaflowne figure many years ago. While it looked great, it was actually made from metal, so it was heavy and couldn't hold a pose for anything, which displeased me. Actually, I'd love a Revoltech Escaflowne..  |
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Emerje
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| Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 1:59 pm |
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| Jadress wrote: | | I don't know why, but I felt like I had trouble reading this article. What is a Chogokin? |
Chogokin is Bandai's catch-all word for their diecast figures. It means "super alloy" and was first coined by Go Nagai to describe the metal used to create his super robots such as Mazinger and Getter Robo. Originally it was used only for robot figures, but nowadays even Miku Hatsune has gotten the diecast treatment in the long running high-end priced "Soul of Chogokin" series.
Incidentally, I have a character in Final Fantasy XI named Chogokin.
| Quote: | | I got a transforming Escaflowne figure many years ago. While it looked great, it was actually made from metal, so it was heavy and couldn't hold a pose for anything, which displeased me. |
That's the Yamato version that was mentioned in the article. Somehow their expertise in working with Robotech didn't translate perfectly into Escaflowne, but that doesn't stop it from being a rather highly thought after piece. I kinda regret not getting one myself.
| Quote: | | Actually, I'd love a Revoltech Escaflowne.. |
You and a lot of people, I regularly see people asking for one. Probably stands a better chance of appearing in Bandai's similarly styled "Robot Damashii" line.
Anyway, everything S.H.E. works on tend to be uber expensive, regularly going from $100 for smaller, "simpler" figures all the way up to what would be $900 today for their Dancougar Nova (and those are their new release prices, not aftermarket inflation) due to their limited nature, high production costs, and materials. Hopefully this is Bandai's way of getting us mass market S.H.E. figures without the garage kit market prices.
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